Aaron Atuhaire
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Recent Articles
1.
Clark J, Moses A, Nankasi A, Faust C, Moses A, Ajambo D, et al.
Clin Infect Dis
. 2021 Aug;
74(9):1557-1563.
PMID: 34358299
Background: Despite decades of interventions, 240 million people have schistosomiasis. Infections cannot be directly observed, and egg-based Kato-Katz thick smears lack sensitivity, affected treatment efficacy and reinfection rate estimates. The...
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Archer J, OHalloran L, Al-Shehri H, Summers S, Bhattacharyya T, Kabaterine N, et al.
Trop Med Infect Dis
. 2020 Aug;
5(3).
PMID: 32854435
Both intestinal schistosomiasis and giardiasis are co-endemic throughout many areas of sub-Saharan Africa, significantly impacting the health of millions of children in endemic areas. While giardiasis is not considered a...
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Smith C, McLachlan G, Al Shehri H, Adriko M, Arinaitwe M, Atuhaire A, et al.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
. 2019 Apr;
100(6):1498-1506.
PMID: 30994097
Using the 20-meter shuttle run test (20mSRT) as a morbidity metric, we assessed whether infection was associated with decreased aerobic capacity in Ugandan children across a range of altitudes, either...
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Al-Shehri H, Power B, Archer J, Cousins A, Atuhaire A, Adriko M, et al.
Malar J
. 2019 Apr;
18(1):109.
PMID: 30935388
Background: As part of ongoing co-surveillance of intestinal schistosomiasis and malaria in Ugandan school children, a non-invasive detection method for amplification of Plasmodium DNA using real-time (rt)PCR analysis of ethanol...
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Al-Shehri H, Koukounari A, Stanton M, Adriko M, Arinaitwe M, Atuhaire A, et al.
Parasitology
. 2018 Mar;
145(13):1715-1722.
PMID: 29560841
Programmatic surveillance of intestinal schistosomiasis during control can typically use four diagnostic tests, either singularly or in combination, but these have yet to be cross-compared directly. Our study assembled a...
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Al-Shehri H, Stanton M, LaCourse J, Atuhaire A, Arinaitwe M, Wamboko A, et al.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
. 2016 Nov;
110(10):597-603.
PMID: 27864517
Background: Water-borne parasitic diseases associated with poverty still blight the lives of African school children. In Uganda, intestinal schistosomiasis is still common along the shoreline of Lake Albert, despite ongoing...
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Bustinduy A, Waterhouse D, de Sousa-Figueiredo J, Roberts S, Atuhaire A, van Dam G, et al.
mBio
. 2016 Aug;
7(4).
PMID: 27507822
Unlabelled: Each year, millions of African children receive praziquantel (PZQ) by mass drug administration (MDA) to treat schistosomiasis at a standard single dose of 40 mg/kg of body weight, a...
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Betson M, Sousa-Figueiredo J, Atuhaire A, Arinaitwe M, Adriko M, Mwesigwa G, et al.
Parasitology
. 2014 May;
141(14):1880-90.
PMID: 24837880
During a longitudinal study investigating the dynamics of malaria in Ugandan lakeshore communities, a consistently high malaria prevalence was observed in young children despite regular treatment. To explore the short-term...
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Sousa-Figueiredo J, Betson M, Atuhaire A, Arinaitwe M, Navaratnam A, Kabatereine N, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
. 2012 Oct;
6(10):e1864.
PMID: 23094120
Background: In 2012 the WHO formally recognised that infants and preschool children are at significant risk of schistosomiasis and qualify for treatment with praziquantel (PZQ). Targeted surveys determining both the...
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Betson M, Nejsum P, Llewellyn-Hughes J, Griffin C, Atuhaire A, Arinaitwe M, et al.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
. 2011 Dec;
106(2):75-83.
PMID: 22192492
Despite the common occurrence of ascariasis in southwestern Uganda, helminth control in the region has been limited. To gain further insights into the genetic diversity of Ascaris in this area,...